it is legal to use lethal force to stop a
felony in progress. In addition the neighbor
could have been home and the old fellow may have had legitimate fear for their life/lives.
"So if any of my neighbors who are good friends (I have several) are being burglarized you can take a strong guess the situation will end the same
Same here if I'm in public and an armed robbery, rape, deadly attack or such is going on I can pull my legally carried weapon and blast the perp. One has to be on the ball and very aware of what is actually going on (not immediate impressions) and what the law allows"
from a person who lived nearby the incident.
Quote:
"Then you hear him rack the shotgun. The next sound the dispatcher heard was a
boom. Then there was silence for a couple of seconds and then another
boom."
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The Texas Penal Code says a person can use force or deadly force to defend someone else's property if he reasonably believes he has a legal duty to do so or the property owner had requested his protection.